Vegetable-slicer



(Model.)

A. B. BATSON.

VEGETAVBLB SLIE-R. l No. 279,212. Patented June 12,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALONZO BATSON, OF NEV CASTLE, INDIANA.

.VEGETABLE-SLIQER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,212, dated June 12, 1883.

Application filed `January 2, 1883. (Model.)y

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To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, ALONZO B. BATsON, of New Castle, Henry county, State of Indiana, and a citizen Of the United States, have Vinvented an Improved Vegetable-Slicer, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specication.

My invention relates to a machine or apparatus for rapidly slicing vegetables Or analogous substances; and it consists in the conibination Of devices hereinafter particularly described, and constructed to operate as specified.

Figure l is a vertical central section of an apparatus embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a plan of the apparatus.

A is the base uponwhich the apparatus is mounted. A' is the frame rising from said base. Within this frame, and arranged to have a reciprocating horizontal motion, is mounted a frame, B, which is composed of the sides b, working in ways ay in the main frame A', the end cross-ties, b', the tables b-y and b, one at each end of the frame, and the double-edged knife or cutter b* in the opening b5, between the said tables at or near thecenter Of the frame B. Above the reciprocating` cutter-frame B, in the bottomless box or hopper C, iiXed on the .iframe A', and below the said frame B, is the ieceptacle D, which is in the forni of a drawer, removable from the frame A', and is furnished with a suitable pull or handle, d.

E is a presser-plate7 which is suspended within the hopper C by a link or arm, e, pivoted to a lever, F, which has a handle, f, at one end, and at the Opposite end is furnished with a pin, f', by means of which it may be engaged to a fulcrum-post, f2, which is fixed on the exterior of the hopper, and is provided with a series of notches, f, adapted to receive the pin f'. The reciprocating cutter-frame B is actuated by means of the levers G, one of which is pivOted at g on either side of the frame A', and the two being united at their upper while their lower ends On each side are connected by the links g2 to the exterior sides of the frame B, at one end thereof, as shown. It' it is desired, a single lever G and Vits connections may be employed or a crank and pinion gearing may be used to impart the reciprocatory motion to the frame B.

It is evident that when a vegetablesuch as a cabbageis placed in the hopper C, and the presser-plate E is brought down upon it, the vegetable will be forced into close contact with one of the tables b`l or b, and then that when the frame B is reciprocated by means of the levers G the knife or cutter b* will be drawn i across the surface of the vegetable and will cut therefrom slices, which will drop through the Opening b5 into the receptacle D. It is evident, also, that as the slicing proceeds the vegetable may be forced downward upon the cutter by means Of the presser-plate E until the vegetable is entirely sliced up; and the lever carrying the presser-plate, being adjustable O11 the fulcrum-post, as shown, either large A or small vegetables may be sliced in the machine.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the base A and main frame A', of the horizontally -reciprocating cutter-frame B, working in ways a and composed of the sides b, ends b', tables Zil and b3, and carrying the cutter b* in the opening b', together with the hopper C and its presser-plate E, suspended from lever F, which has fulcrumpinf' working in post f2, having notches fi", and the removable receptacle D below the cutter, all constructed and arranged to operate as and for the purpose specified.

ALONZO B. BATSON.

Titnesses J AOOB SWIG-ART, J r., VILLIAM H. ELLIOTT. 

